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Air Surcharge: Colombo 15.00 | Port Blair 10.00 SPORTSTAR JUNE 13, 2020 3 WORLD VIEW QUOTES & SNIPPETS §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Roger Federer highest-paid global athlete Roger Federer topped the 2020 Forbes magazine list of highest­paid global ath­ letes announced on May 29, leading the line­up for the rst time with pre­tax earn­ ings of $106.3 million (€95.5 million). The Swiss tennis le­ gend, a men’s record 20­time Grand Slam singles cham­ ❝ pion, becomes the rst player I see those of you who are staying from his sport atop the an­ silent, some of you the biggest stars nual list since its 1990 debut, yet you stay silent in the midst of rising from fth in 2019. Fe­ injustice. Not a sign from anybody in derer’s haul over the past 12 months included $100 million from my industry which of course is a appearances fees and endorsement deals plus $6.3 million in prize money. His previous best showing was second in 2013. The ongoing white­dominated sport. coronavirus pandemic that shut down sports worldwide caused the – Six­time world champion Lewis Hamilton on rst decline since 2016 in the total income of the world’s 100 top­paid Instagram calling out Formula One over its silence athletes, a 9 percent dip from last year to $3.6 billion. Another plunge amid “injustice” following the death of George Floyd, is expected next year from the shutdown. Portuguese football star an African­American man who died in Minneapolis Cristiano Ronaldo was second on the list at $105 million, $60 million after a police ocer knelt on his neck during an arrest in salary and $45 million from endorsements, with Argentine football on May 25. hero Lionel Messi third on $104 million, $32 million of that from sponsorship deals. Messi and Ronaldo, who have traded the top spot three of the past four years, saw their combined incomes dip $28 million from last year due to salary cuts when European clubs halted play in March. Man City’s Mahrez has watches worth £300,000 stolen Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez had three luxury watches worth more than £300,000 ($370,000) stolen when thieves raided his penthouse apartment, according to British media reports on May 31. More than £50,000 in cash along with Cartier bracelets and rare football shirts worth up to £150,000 were also taken from the Algeria international. The watches were reported to be a ❝ £230,000 Richard Mille timepiece, a £40,000 Rolex Daytona and a I’ve always been one to want a fair £35,000 Rolex Day Date. Mahrez, 29, was said to not have been at contest between bat and ball, so if home when the oenders used a key fob to access his apartment and that’s taken away, even as a batter I three others in the Manchester city centre block on April 24. The don’t think that’s great. Whether Sun quoted a letter sent to residents which read: “Four apartments they can nd other ways with cer­ were accessed without tain things, it’ll be hard. I actually authority using a fob which had general access spit on my hands most balls and throughout the building. that’s how I get grip and stu. So The fob in question is that might take some adjusting to now in our possession, certain things like that, but that’s has been fully deactiv­ something for the ICC to gure out ated and cannot be used what they want to do going forward again.” The robbery con­ and dierent regulations. tinued an alarming se­ quence of Premier League – Australia batsman Steve Smith on the pro­ stars being targeted by posed ban on the use of saliva on cricket balls. thieves. 4 JUNE 13, 2020 SPORTSTAR §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Austria to stage F1 season- opener in July Formula One’s truncated coronavirus­ hit season will nally get underway with the Austrian Grand Prix on July 5, with the Red Bull Ring hosting a second race the weekend after. “The two Formula One races on July 5 and 12 at Spielberg will be staged without spectators,” said Austrian health minister Rudolf An­ schober. Austria's Red Bull Ring and Britain's Silverstone circuit will each host two grands prix without spectators on an initial eight race Formula One calendar published on June 2. Austria's races start the season on July 5 and 12 and will be called the Austrian Grand Prix and the Grand Prix of Steiermark (Styria), the region in which the circuit at Spielberg is located. Silverstone will host the British Grand Prix on August 2 and the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix on August 9. The Hungarian Grand Prix will be on July 19 with races in Spain, Belgium and Italy on August 16 and 30 and September 6, respectively. The Formula One season was unable to start in Australia in March as planned due to the COVID­19 pandemic. Pigeon racing beats snooker to the start line in England Women’s Bundesliga Pigeon racing beat snooker and horse racing to be the resumes rst sport to return following the easing of coronavirus lock­ After the men’s Bundesliga re­ down restrictions in England. Sport has been shut down since sumed in Germany on May 16, the wo­ March but the British government approved the return of men’s top ight was back in action on May domestic competitive action behind closed doors from June 1. 29 across the country, with defending Premier League football is scheduled to restart on June 17 while champion Wolfsburg facing Koln, and 1. cricket chiefs still hope to stage a full international programme FFC Frankfurt taking on Sand. The found­ during the English summer. But pigeon racing will have a brief ation for the resumption was the hygiene moment in the spotlight. More than 4,000 birds belonging to concept created by the “sport medicine/ members of the Barnsley Federation of Racing Pigeons in the special match operations task force” that north of England were released from a park ahead of a 90­mile was drawn up jointly by the German Foot­ sprint. Meanwhile, reigning world champion Judd Trump ball Association (DFB) and the German launched snooker’s return behind closed doors in the opening Football League (DFL) to ensure strict hy­ match of the Championship League. The televised tournament, giene guidelines and continuous testing taking place in the English city of Milton Keynes, was the rst and monitoring, among other measures. event since the Gibraltar Open in March. Trump described in a The season’s nal round of xtures is tweet how he had been tested for coronavirus before the event: planned for June 28. In addition, the Wo­ “Arrived in Milton Keynes test done hopefully all clear for men’s DFB Cup also started up again. action tomorrow... swab up the nose is not enjoyable at all enjoy that everyone.” SPORTSTAR JUNE 13, 2020 5 COVER STORY §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Wary of returning to outdoor training The central ministry of home aairs (MHA) has given go­ahead to the reopening of sports stadiums without spectators.